There are many things that determine your health, including social factors. Your income and education levels, your race and the strength of your relationships, for example, all have an effect.
In the This is Public Health™ Lecture for March, researcher Roman Pabayo explains how these social determinants of health unfairly limit opportunities for some people and populations to be healthy. He also explains why closing the gap between the most privileged and most disadvantaged is more than a matter of health equity.
It’s a matter of social justice.